When confronted with an extremely rude, obnoxious, spiteful, or just plain awful personality, the temptation to despise the person is rather large. Since I believe that allowing hate in the heart is bad for the health (emotionally, spiritually and physically as well), I have realized that I need a way to combat this temptation.
I’ve tried many ways through the years, and this one works best for me. I imagine the person whom I find disagreeable as a young child. It’s much easier to be patient with and forgive someone who looks like this (picture by sesame ellis):
If the above method fails, I try method number two. Read the PostSecret blog (one of my favorite blogs). Find the saddest secret of the week, and pretend that it belongs to the unsavory person.
How do you keep yourself from hating the people who simply beg to be hated?
Take care,
Lucy
I googled “how not to hate” and I stumbled on this entry. Thank you so much. I saw that you haven’t written since September. I hope you are doing alright.
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